Anaku (dress) explained
Anaku (Aqsu, Aksu) was a skirt-type garment of indigenous women in the Inca Empire. It was a long drape dress straight in shape, falling to ankle length.
Style
Anaku was a typical dress of Andean women. It was a long rectangular piece of woven cloth wool fibers, a simple draping garment. The traditional wearing style of Otavalo women was different, as they were wearing it with a blouse. An ankle-length anaku (as an underskirt) was wrapped over with another anku.[1] [2] [3]
Evolution
The full-body Anaku evolved to half-body Anaku in certain areas. Initially, the anaku was larger, that changed with generations; the length of the garment became shorter and changed to half of the ancestral version. It is still a costume that Otavalo people wore.[4] Anku was tied around the waist with a sash called ''chumbi'' or ''chumpi'' or ''Chumpia''. There was a similar type but ankle-length garment ''aksu'' that was worn in Southern parts. Anaku as a wrap skirt still worn around Northern Ecuador.[5] [6] [7]
See also
- Uncu, a men's garment of the Inca Empire
- Tocapu, geometrical motifs used by Incas
- Cumbi, a fine luxurious fabric of the Inca Empire
Notes and References
- Book: Meisch, Lynn A.. Costume and History in Highland Ecuador. 2012-10-03. University of Texas Press. 978-0-292-74985-6. 309. en.
- Book: Jarvis, Kathy. Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia : the backpacker's manual. 2000. Guilford, CT : Globe Pequot Press. Internet Archive. 978-1-898323-95-2. 75.
- Book: Schevill. Margot Blum. Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes: An Anthology. Berlo. Janet Catherine. Dwyer. Edward B.. 2010-07-05. University of Texas Press. 978-0-292-78761-2. 150, 154, 158. en.
- Book: Meisch, Lynn. Andean entrepreneurs : Otavalo merchants and musicians in the global arena. 2002. Austin : University of Texas Press. Internet Archive. 978-0-292-75258-0. 243.
- Web site: Meisch. Lynn A.. South America: History of Dress. 2021-06-04. LoveToKnow. en.
- Book: Colloredo-Mansfeld, Rudolf Josef. The native leisure class : consumption and cultural creativity in the Andes. 1999. Chicago : University of Chicago Press. Internet Archive. 978-0-226-11394-4. 13.
- Web site: Indigenous clothing changes in the Andean highlands under Spanish colonialism.
